Right off the bat we wanted to share the news that our New Year refocus to tackle the high bug count in the current early access build is going very well and we’ve brought the GameGuru MAX bug count down from 475 in late January to 367 as we go to press. That's over 100 bugs sorted, around a quarter of all extant bugs.

Thanks to feedback from third party artists busily making new asset packs for you, we've added some features that make their lives, and by extension, your lives, much more organised with a new project-specific media folder system to keep game-specific content tied to your project.

We also added a media hot swapping capability so you can edit models, textures and object settings, that then instantly change in the level you are working on! So no need to leave and relaunch the software - saving you time.

Still on the dev front, we bowed to the number of overwhelming requests (Ed – see we do listen!) for Parallax Occlusion Mapping and have enabled this feature for artists and game authors alike who want to take advantage of this excellent visual effect. Now simple flat surfaces can be transformed into appearing to comprise thousands of additional polygons with the simple addition of a height map texture. We look forward to releasing new DLC asset packs with this additional capability!

Finally, we all need some exciting audio and music for our game creations and our latest collaboration with the very talented audio artist YcarusRedCore was released in February on Steam.

The Audio Ambience Booster Pack is available for GameGuru MAX and offers over 190, custom-made loopable music tracks, sounds, jingles, voice and atmospheric effects covering a wide range of genres for your game design needs – take a look!

Talking about DLC! Thanks to a dedicated team of third party artists who are working hard behind the scenes, we've got some really exciting new DLC's in the works too. First up, are some great assets from MonkeyFrog, focusing on Cyberpunk Streets and featuring a load of assets, many with animated textures to bring those streets to life.

Second up, is another exciting pack based on Victorian Streets which will be ideal for those of you looking to create a Sherlock Holmes or Lovecraftian themed game, or wanting to expand on the more normal side of Steampunk. This great pack from new artist Pasquill is sure to add a ton of useful media.

Both of these packs will be available in the near future for GameGuru MAX, so keep an eye out on Steam for more information or for a release announcement in an upcoming newsletter ?